Coming Around to Liking Flashcards!

As my readers know, I have been actively trying to interest TJ in flashcards but they just never seemed to be his thing. The more I would pull them out, the more he would throw them across the room, stash them under the couch, or otherwise show his disinterest. Well this morning, I believe he showed me that he is coming around to the flashcards, and will entertain playing with them on his own terms. He got the sliding word card with "nose" on one side and "hi" on the other, I believe from under the kitchen table, and handed it to me and began pointing at the words. I told him what the word said, and he flipped it over and over again until he had his fill. When he was done, he said "No!" and put the card on the seat of his high chair. I would like to be the one to take the lead on the flashcards, like the videos we mostly see of parents, but I am comfortable letting TJ figure out what is fun about them in his own time. I think I will just stack several flashcards within his reach and let him flip through them as he likes, and if he brings me flashcards I will help him practice the words.

A "Your Baby Can Read" Life!

TJ's Dad has been watching the videos with TJ lately in the evening. They invariably put TJ's Dad to sleep within 20 minutes, so take note for those of you who have insomnia!

He's quite the comedian, and has started getting involved by sprinkling Your Baby Can Read style descriptions when TJ asks "Wuss dat?" He says the word once, then the 2nd time with emphasis, uses the word in a sentence, then asks TJ a question about the word. It has gotten to be increasingly silly and hilarious for me, as TJ's Dad will use a slang meaning or idiom of the word to make a sentence, or follow up with a borderline nonsense question. He also refers to Aleka, Johnella, Hayden, and the other kids as if they are kids we actually know.